Enquanto no Brasil o ensino mentiu sobre os nossos heróis de
1964, nos Estados Unidos da América os militares são reverenciados e
reconhecidos por toda a Nação. Assim como o "Fourth of July", o
"Memorial Day" é tão ou mais importante. Afinal, uma Pátria sólida
não se constrói com trapaças e demência. São as Forças Armadas garantidoras da
Liberdade e da Democracia americanas. Em última instância, da Paz com
dignidade.
FMV, professor
PS O Povo Brasileiro (Sete Conselhos às FFAA):
http://opovobrasileiroseteconselhosasffaa.blogspot.com
Estados Unidos da América: alguns destaques lembrados no "Memorial
Day"
The
American Revolution
1776-1782
"Give
me Liberty or
give me death"
Patrick
Henry
The War of
1812
"O say
can you see"
Francis
Scott Key
The Mexican
War
1846-1848
"Manifest
Destiny"
The Civil
War
1861-1865
"...A
GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE, AND FOR THE PEOPLE"
The Gettysburg Address
President
Abraham Lincoln
Spanish
American War 1898
"Give
me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe FREE..."
Statue of Liberty Inscription
Emma Lazarus
World War
One
1917-1918
"The
War to end all Wars"
President
Woodrow Wilson
"I
want you for the U.S. Army"
Uncle Sam
World War
Two
1941-1945
"Kilroy was here"
Korean War
Vietnam War
Persian Gulf War
"Kilroy was here"
American GI
"A
date which will live in infamy"
President
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Korean War
1950-1953
"In
War there is no substitute for Victory"
General
Douglas MacArthur
"...The
United States
will continue to uphold the law"
President
Harry S. Truman
Vietnam War
1964-1973
["That's
one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind"
Neil
Armstrong]
"...Ask
what you can do for your country"
President
John F. Kennedy
Persian Gulf War
1990-1991
"To
win War quickly takes long preparation"
Anonymous
"The United States
is the economic miracle, the model to which the world once again turns"
President Ronald Reagan
President Ronald Reagan